The user requirements last year were based on SUL and we used http://toolserver.org/~mono/account/ for verification. A hook into the SUL databases similar to that tool should work. Anyway, users had to have 200 edits at any Wikimedia project before January 1 and that account had to be linked with SUL to Commons. I'll start the extension page to help identify the necessary functionality more specifically.
On Saturday, February 4, 2012, Platonides <[email protected]> wrote: > On 05/02/12 00:32, Mono wrote: >> This is certainly a "project," but it could be used for every POTY contest, >> perhaps some other contests, and it doesn't have to be elaborate. However, >> as I said, it would be really great if we could get just a couple people >> who have some experience developing MediaWiki extensions to help program >> this in time for this year's contest. >> >> If anyone is interested in helping out or would like some more information, >> please contact me as soon as possible - anything helps! >> >> Thanks, >> User:Mono > > That's a good idea. It is also suitable for new developers getting > practise. I can help with this. > The most complex bit would be the possible user requirements. > Other preferences need to be specified, but its implementation should be > straightforward. > > I think the next step would be gaining feedback and collecting what the > extension should do at some page, such as > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ImagePoll > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > -- Sent from my iPad _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
